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Frankfurt¹

  • /ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt/ UK
  • [ˈfɹæŋkfɜːt] UK
  • /ˈfɹæŋkfɝt/ US
  • [ˈfɹæŋkfɝt] US
  • /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt/
  • [ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋkfɝt]
  • /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝt/
  • [ˈfɹɛ̃ŋkfɝt]

Sounds like Frankfort (sometimes)

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Frankfurt.

proper noun Francfort · Frankfort

  1. The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main. Thomas was born in 1986, at a US military hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, to a mother born in Kenya and a US citizen father who eventually spent more than a decade in the military, where he repaired Army helicopters.
  2. metonymically The German financial industry. The poor third-quarter results from Frankfurt had the broadest impact because they spotlighted the vulnerability of the listed German universal banks to the financial crisis spreading from Asia.
  3. metonymically The European Central Bank. Despite this risk, little has happened in the six months since Frankfurt cut interest rates causing one to wonder how different Draghi is from his predecessor.
  4. A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.

frankfurt²

Where it comes from

From German Frankfurt. Compare frankfurter.

noun frankfurts

  1. Australia, US A frankfurter; a hot dog sausage. Sample of frankfurts procured from Stanley Kwiatkowski, Grand Rapids, Mich. Contains excessive amount of cereal.

    Similar: frank, frankfurter

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: frankfort, berlin, moscow, paris, santander, huelva, karachi, bangkok, tokyo, hangzhou, tianjin, jinan, shenyang, yinchuan, hohhot, nanchang

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name Frankfurt-am-Main

EspañolFráncfort, Fráncfort del Meno
한국어프랑크푸르트 peurangkeupureuteu
日本語フランクフルト Furankufuruto
中文法蘭克福 /法兰克福 Fǎlánkèfú
हिन्दीफ़्रैंकफ़र्ट fra͠ikfarṭ
PortuguêsFrancoforte, Frankfurt
FrançaisFrancfort, Francfort-sur-le-Main
DeutschFrankfurt am Main
ItalianoFrancoforte, Francoforte sul Meno
ΕλληνικάΦραγκφούρτη Fragkfoúrti
RomânăFrankfurt
РусскийФра́нкфурт Fránkfurt, Фра́нкфурт-на-Ма́йне Fránkfurt-na-Májne
Tiếng ViệtFrankfurt, Phrăng-phuốc
العربيةفَرَانْكْفُورْت farānkfūrt
עבריתפרנקפורט frankfurt

name Frankfurt-an-der-Oder

EspañolFráncfort, Fráncfort del Óder
日本語フランクフルト Furankufuruto
PortuguêsFrankfurt
FrançaisFrancfort, Francfort-sur-l'Oder
DeutschFrankfurt an der Oder
ItalianoFrancoforte, Francoforte sull'Oder
ΕλληνικάΦραγκφούρτη Fragkfoúrti
РусскийФра́нкфурт Fránkfurt, Фра́нкфурт-на-О́дере Fránkfurt-na-Ódɛre
Tiếng ViệtPhrăng-phuốc

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@misc{frankfurt_2026,
  title = {frankfurt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frankfurt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}